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Scobleizer / Channel 9:
My coworkers impress, letter about Katrina efforts — This is why I love working here. I am taking a risk here by printing this (it was an internal email that I thought would be interesting to print here), but this is an email from Lisa Brummel, director of HR.
Center for American Progress:
A Better Communications System for Emergency Workers — Katrina overwhelmed the nation's complex communications system, raising serious questions about whether federal and local governments need new powers to organize a rapid response by the wireless, wire, cable, satellite, and broadcast industries.
Jwelch / bynkii.com's Mac Matters:
iDevelopers! iDevelopers! iDevelopers! — Let me apologize if the title of this post brings to mind the disturbing image of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's infamous "MonkeyBoy" dance, but for this article, it applies. With the release of the iPod Nano, iTunes 5.0, the Motorola Rockr …
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Peter Rojas / Engadget:
PalmSource getting bought by....Access? UPDATE: Confirmed! — Haven't been able to confirm this, but we've just received a report that Access, a Japanese company that makes software for mobile phones, has successfully raised the financing needed and has made a bid to scoop up PalmSource …
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Michael Liedtke / Associated Press:
Internet Pioneer Vinton Cerf Joins Google — SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. has hired Internet pioneer Vinton Cerf to float more ideas and develop new products, adding another weapon to the online search engine leader's rapidly growing arsenal of intellect. — Cerf's defection from MCI Inc. …
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Armed and Dangerous:
Microsoft tries to recruit me — The following is, verbatim, a letter I received a few minutes ago from a Microsoft recruiter. — From: "Mike Walters (Search Wizards)" <v-mikewa@microsoft.com> To: <esr@thyrsus.com> Eric, I am a member of the Microsoft Central Sourcing Team.
Doug Young / Reuters:
China Telecom said to block Skype — SHANGHAI, Sept 9 - China Telecom has started blocking access to a popular Internet telephone service that is threatening its long-distance revenue, according to local media reports and Internet postings. — China's largest fixed-line phone carrier …
lightreading.com:
SunRocket Misfires Again — SunRocket Inc. is undergoing a "system-wide" service outage that began Thursday and had not been resolved at the time of this writing at 5:15 EST Friday (see SunRocket Smolders During Stall). — A SunRocket telephone support person told Light Reading Friday …
Workbench:
Technorati's F'ing Ping Thing — In the Wall Street Journal, Technorati CEO David Sifry said the company has made exclusive deals to receive weblog pings: … The live, up-to-the-second nature of the blogosphere is made possible because of pings. When I publish a new entry on Workbench …
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Marty / Network-Centric Advocacy:
Need help distributing ASAP: VOLUNTEERS SURF and SCRUB THE WEB TO HELP RECONNECT FAMILY AND FRIENDS — VOLUNTEERS SURF and SCRUB THE WEB TO HELP RECONNECT FAMILY AND FRIENDS — Contact: Sue Cline: Volunteer : Katrinalist.net : Communications & Media Phone: (804) 230-3456
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Mnemonic / Godwin's Law:
RIAA's Big Push to Copy Protect Digital Radio — Never mind that digital audio broadcasting is not significantly greater in quality than regular, analog radio. Never mind that its music quality is vastly less than than that of audio CDs. In spite of these inconvenient facts …
english.chosun.com:
Domestic MP3 Firms Sulk at Apple's New Player — Korean MP3 player makers are miffed by the release of a new product by world market leader Apple that they say is cutting corners by using Samsung Electronics flash memory chips. — Apple Computer unveiled its ultra-lightweight i-Pod nano flash memory player on Thursday (local time).
Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
Subpoenas at 6Gbps? RIAA, MPAA join Internet2 — The experimental high speed internet project Internet2 has two new members today: a pair of acronyms guaranteed to have researchers rifling anxiously through their "Stuff" directories. Both the Recording Industry Ass. of America, the RIAA …
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Tom's Hardware Guide:
Windows In Your Pocket — Introduction — All it takes is a minor error in the Windows Registry or a virus infection, and your operating system can become unbootable. But with a properly configured USB flash drive on hand, you'll always have a compatible replacement no further away than your pocket or keychain.
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